Auctions: comic books published by Marvel/Atlas

Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 101 GD 2.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch, TRIMMED. Water damage. Tape on interior cover.

The Man Who Died Twice!; Fate teaches a lesson to a man who denies him by giving him another chance to avoid being a passenger on a doomed airliner, but when he decides to drive instead of fly, the plane crashes into his car. The Spider!, script by Hank Chapman; A boy feeds his giant spider the neighbor's animals, and then the neighbor. When the spider bites the boy, he transforms into a giant spider. The Train to Nowhere text story. The Voice of Doom, art by Gene Colan; A man murders his stuttering wife and hears her voice accusing him; A psychologist friend recommends getting a parrot from South America that knows no English and leaving it in the room he hears the voice in. The Hidden Men, art by Morris Weiss. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 150 FR/GD 1.5

1" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold coming loose at one staple. Severe water damage.

I Plunged Into Darkness!, art by Mort Drucker; A mountain climber meets a girl made of ice who saves his life and they fall in love; The ice people patriarch implants a mental block in the climber so that he will return to his own people. The House of Shadows!, art by Mac Pakula; Visitors from the future bring joy to a small town and then take the entire town with them back to the future. The Shrinking Man!, art by Bob Powell; A lab assistant knocks over a container filled with a new mold and thinks that the effect has shrunk him but it actually only works on inorganic matter and has enlarged the furniture and the house. The Man from Nowhere, art by Ed Winiarski. The Recipe text story. Ultimate Weapon, art by Vic Carrabotta; Foreign powers kidnap a scientist and he builds a teleportation machine to return back home. I'll Live Forever, art by Gray Morrow. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Men's Adventures (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 14 VG 4.0

Residue on interior cover.

"name, Rank, Serial Number" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "Retreat" (art by Gene Colan), "Insane" (art by Norman Steinberg), "The Coffin" (art by Bill Everett), and a two-page text story, "Military Man With a Spear." Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

Mystic (1951 Atlas) 52 GD+ 2.5

Cover art by Bill Everett. The Effigy, art by Wally Wood; A criminal takes an effigy from a voodoo cult so that they cannot use it to compel him to surrender himself to the police. Iron Face!, pencils by Bob Powell; When the communists come up with a machine that can read minds, NATO takes a short soldier and supplies him with a fake head that contains instructions for leading the commies into a trap. The Secret of the Iron Needle!, art by John Forte; Space explorers realize, when the planet they are examining runs down, the giant needle they've found is not a natural phenomenon but the winding key of a giant toy. The Last Laugh!, pencils by Pete Morisi; A ruthless businessman is sure that he is the reincarnation of someone important from medieval times, but when he does journey back into time he finds that he was...the court jester. Mystery Pupil text story. They Wait in the Caves!, art by Mort Drucker; A man finds an island abundant with pearls and gives the location to his friend. When the friend arrives, the natives destroy his boat to keep him from revealing the island's location to anyone else. The Land of Missing Persons. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.